Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Marius Bogdan Lixandru is a highly experienced content creator from Romania with a background in biology, chemistry and computer programming. He loves writing technical guides that are accessible for non-technical people. Born in 1984, he has always expressed interest in technology. Beyond technology and biology, he has a passion for agriculture, the science and beauty of which have encouraged him to start his own vegetable garden and plant dozens of fruit-bearing trees with fragrant and succulent, sweet and sour fruits. When he’s not losing nights uncovering the deepest hidden secrets of the latest tech devices, he’s likely enjoying a refreshing slice of juicy, honey-sweet watermelon, sluggishly lying on the grass in his orchard, sitting in the shade under the trees he himself has planted. Torpid summer days accompanied by cicada sounds and greeted by his smiling wife and happy, tail-wagging presence of his two mioritic shepherd dogs are some of the simpler pleasures in life that help him recharge his batteries to take on the latest tech challenges. Support My Work and Feel free to contact me.

How to Install Resilio-Sync on Your Synology NAS

19 July 20264 February 2025 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Resilio-Sync (formerly BitTorrent Sync) uses the BitTorrent protocol to sync files and folders between all of your devices. There are both free and paid versions – this container supports both. There is an official sync image, but this one supports user mapping to simplify permissions for volumes. In this step by step guide I will … Read more about How to Install Resilio-Sync on Your Synology NAS

How to Install MariaDB on Your Synology NAS

5 February 20263 February 2025 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Synology already supports MariaDB having made it downloadable via Package Center. But in today’s article I want to teach you how to install the Docker version of MariaDB which will help you set up a database for each Docker package you want to install that requires a database. MariaDB is one of the most popular … Read more about How to Install MariaDB on Your Synology NAS

Synology: How to Update Pi-Hole

8 June 20253 February 2025 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Have you already installed Pi-Hole on your Synology NAS using my simple guide? Wondering how to update the Pi-Hole container on your Synology NAS when a new version comes out? Today I will show you how to update your Pi-Hole container with the latest image if you have a Synology NAS. STEP 1 Please Support … Read more about Synology: How to Update Pi-Hole

How to Install DeepSeek on Your Synology NAS

28 December 20253 February 2025 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Ollama is an open-source project that serves as a powerful and user-friendly platform for running LLMs on your local machine. Get up and running with large language models. DeepSeek is a Chinese artificial intelligence company that develops open-source large language models (LLMs). DeepSeek feels and works very much like ChatGPT. In this step by step … Read more about How to Install DeepSeek on Your Synology NAS

How to Install ChannelTube on Your Synology NAS

22 March 20262 February 2025 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

ChannelTube is a tool for synchronizing and fetching content from YouTube channels using yt-dlp. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install ChannelTube on your Synology NAS using Docker & Portainer. STEP 1 Please Support My work by Making a Donation. STEP 2 Install Portainer using my step by step guide. If … Read more about How to Install ChannelTube on Your Synology NAS

How to Install YeetFile on Your Synology NAS

27 December 20252 February 2025 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

YeetFile is a file vault and file/text transferring service, with both a web and CLI client officially supported. All content is encrypted locally, and the server is incapable of decrypting any transmitted content. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install YeetFile on your Synology NAS using Docker & Portainer. STEP 1 … Read more about How to Install YeetFile on Your Synology NAS